I never realised just how frightening it must have been...
i have seen this on other sites and i am wondering if its photoshoped. if it was from a news site i wouldnt ask questions, but i was under the impression that the wave was not higher than 30 ft, because it imulated the size of land mass that shifts under the water during the quake.
yeah, that is a fake photo.
The cars are driving on the wrong side of the road apparently?
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Saw a Vid a holidaymaker took as it happened on the news a while back and no way was it that high, looked more like about 6-10 ft.
I spose it varied in hieght due to local geography.
I think it was the back wash that killed most dragging them out to sea.
Cheers,
Bob
There is always at least one Photoshop whizz that does this sort of thing... makes light of a very serious situation. How very sad they are...
I was under the impression that it was fake, and everyone knew it. Its just an atrisits impression of what it would have looked like, as everyone who survived to tell the story of "the big wave" didnt have underwater cameras.
i think that the wave was a bit bigger than most of the vids showed, as already said, after two progressively bigger waves most people were
running...
but yeah, i think 6 - 10 feet is still pretty damning. 
anyone hear about that atlantic underwater cliff? it was speculated that if it colapsed, the wave would traverse england!
maybe a slight exaggeration there, but you get the idea 
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There is another one due somewhere on the coast of africa too...a huge cliff collapse, apparently if it went down the wave would cross the atlantic and go straight into New YorkOf course by the time it got to NY it would be rather large, and travelling at some rediculous speed........(I seem to remember talking about it in a geography lesson a long while back!)
thats part of the canaries i think
Ahh yes heres the info...loads of info available in various places...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/267299p-228989c.html
Its not a cliff collapse...more like half a volcano collapsing into the sea...
A little excerpt....
"If there were a major eruption of Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma, in the Canary Islands, scientists say, a 12-mile chunk of the island could
be sent plunging into the ocean, creating a tsunami.
The tsunami would travel across the Atlantic at the speed of a jetliner – up to 600 mph.
After 8 to 10 hours, waves up to 75 feet high could crash onto shorelines from the Caribbean to beyond Boston. In flat, coastal areas, tidal waves
could wreak havoc for miles inland."
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I saw a video of the a town a mile or so inland from the coast, and the water was just surging through the town, picking up everything in its path
including cars, shacks, trees. There is no way you could survive it, no matter how good a swimmer you were, the only way out was to get on top of the
buildings.
When i first heard about the water washing people away, i thought it would have just risen so would have been like a flood, but i never realised how
much debris the water picks up.
When you think about it its not suprising the amount of damage water does...though it is still astounding.
Remember water weighs 1tonne/m^3. When you have millions of m^3 heading your way theres not a lot that will hold up to it. People hit by the initial
wave were probably crushed rather than drowned.
One of my aunts friends was killed by the wave, but luckily her body wasnt dragged out to sea...she was on holiday with her family and had just got
out of the car to go to the supermarket...the rest of her family stayed in the car and all survived. Serious case of being in the wrong place at the
wrong time...
David
total wave height was over 30ft. actual waves were also up to 30ft in places but more often around 10 to 15 afaik/
a tsunami produces a waves of extreme wavelength though which creates a plateau that was about 15 foot tall apparently. this flooded teh towns and the
waves created a surge...
would suspect that most were killed by debris or not finding a dry spot to hide.
Personally think saying that its sad is a bit over sensitive. It was a horrific situation that noone would want to see again, however if you cant
laugh and make light about these tragedies (whilst still repecting the trauma) then whats life coming too... perhaps my entire circle of friends is
sad too
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Originally posted by flak monkeyOne of my aunts friends was killed by the wave, but luckily her body wasnt dragged out to sea...she was on holiday with her family and had just got out of the car to go to the supermarket...the rest of her family stayed in the car and all survived. Serious case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...
David
Yes that sounds like it could have been her, it was in our local paper at the time. She was one of my Aunts doctor friends, but i cant remember exactly what she did. She wouldnt have been very old has she had a young family.
I live in Sweden.
I know a large amount of people who've been affected by it, and some who've had thier lives irreversably ruined.
it sucks.
Interesting that the American donation was not as large as the amount spent on GW's inaugural celebrations...
If you think one poorly photo-shopped image is sick.... try this: www.godhatessweden.com
Some people just need a damned good thrashing. *bring on Basil Fawlty*
'nuff said.
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Originally posted by nick baker
Interesting that the American donation was not as large as the amount spent on GW's inaugural celebrations...